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president obama is going to tour the damage in new jersey later today. we have a report now from atlantic city. >> reporter: president obama will be getting a firsthand tour today of the massive damage sandy inflicted on new jersey. along the jersey shore, the superstorm washed away the pier at seaside heights leaving ferris wheels and roller coasters in the ocean. >> to see the steel you structures lying in the ocean, it gives you an idea how powerful the storm with us. >> reporter: the new jersey governor chris christie will ask the president for help rebuilding the beaches. >> we'll do what we can to rebuild as quickly as we can. >> reporter: cuisine foes are losing about $5 million a day. regulators plan to visit each casino today before deciding when they can reopen. the destruction is widespread across new jersey. in hoboken, streets are flooded. more than two million people across the state are without power and new jersey's transit system is not running. analysts estimate sandy will cost $50 billion in damages and lost business, but there are sig
president obama is going to tour the damage in new jersey later today. we have a report now from atlantic city. >> reporter: president obama will be getting a firsthand tour today of the massive damage sandy inflicted on new jersey. along the jersey shore, the superstorm washed away the pier at seaside heights leaving ferris wheels and roller coasters in the ocean. >> to see the steel you structures lying in the ocean, it gives you an idea how powerful the storm with us. >>...
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president obama traveling to new jersey to look at some of the storm damage today. >> he will meet with new jersey governor chris christie. the new york stock exchange will after being shot two days because of the storm. damage costs expected to reach to billion according economists. people remain power, federal officials that sandy could still for michigan, ohio, pennsylvania. millions of people on the eastern seaboard still without power after the storm. but fewer than those in the d.c. area, where pepco is reporting outages in d.c., montgomery county and prince george's. dominion reporting just over outages in northern virginia. b g e, more than 86,000 customers throughout the state of maryland. those outages will have an students as they go back to class today. >> all the major school districts are resuming classes .oday brianne carter joins us from landover with more. d morning. we were waiting for word from county publics schools as to whether or not two havee schools that did not power would open today. we got word that the excel becausewill be closed of the power outage continui
president obama traveling to new jersey to look at some of the storm damage today. >> he will meet with new jersey governor chris christie. the new york stock exchange will after being shot two days because of the storm. damage costs expected to reach to billion according economists. people remain power, federal officials that sandy could still for michigan, ohio, pennsylvania. millions of people on the eastern seaboard still without power after the storm. but fewer than those in the d.c....
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the tour was part of a conference call with president obama and other mayors and governors. >> first the president once again underscored his commitment to doing everything possible to help in every state and city that has been affected by sandy. he indicated that he is prepared to make sure we cut through all the red tape so that the federal assistance as needed which of course is need more by some than others, will be made immediately available. and he indicated this could have been a lot worse. he said i'm looking out my window and i see there's a mess out here but all my people are at work. so it looks like things are moving along. >> reporter: the d.c. government and schools closed two days, are to reopen on wednesday. and early voting will resume. the city also has canceled a controversial $15 surcharge for any taxi cab ride. >> we'll work to get things moving back as they should be. >> reporter: during this tour, the mayor was glad to see that the flood prone neighborhood of bloomingdale in near northwest made it through without serious damage. city work crews had spent severa
the tour was part of a conference call with president obama and other mayors and governors. >> first the president once again underscored his commitment to doing everything possible to help in every state and city that has been affected by sandy. he indicated that he is prepared to make sure we cut through all the red tape so that the federal assistance as needed which of course is need more by some than others, will be made immediately available. and he indicated this could have been a...
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it is an xrooem extremely important important one for the obama campaign too. but there are many mathematical snareos under which the president can win the presidency without winning virginia. >> reporter: he also says while attention is often focused on which candidate can win over swing voters the outcome in virginia will more likely depend on who can best turn out the base. one reason president obama visited richmond and romney went to roanoke. >> whichever candidate can ratchet up the most enthusiasm among his core constituency ultimately is going to win this state. that's what it's going to come down to. >> reporter: in fairfax county julie carey, news 4. >>> we have an update on a news 4 exclusive that we brought to you yesterday. tonight d.c. police searching aggressively for the suspect. they want this guy. in that brazen attack and vicious sexual assault in northeast d.c. news 4's pat collins is live in the neighborhood tonight. police starting to get more information that leads to an arrest. pat? >> reporter: wendy, one week later, on the same day it
it is an xrooem extremely important important one for the obama campaign too. but there are many mathematical snareos under which the president can win the presidency without winning virginia. >> reporter: he also says while attention is often focused on which candidate can win over swing voters the outcome in virginia will more likely depend on who can best turn out the base. one reason president obama visited richmond and romney went to roanoke. >> whichever candidate can ratchet...
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ohio is the must-win state. president obama had three appearances in ohio today. mitt romney two. both candidates will be back in ohio before tuesday. >>> today mayor gray announced the district would be lowering fines from those controversial speed cameras. beginning on monday. the city has had many complaints that the tickets and high fines bring in millions of dollars. tom sherwood reports now, some say the new fines don't go low enou. >> reporter: d.c. has dozens of speed cameras to catch motorists. fines range from $75 to $250. far higher than any other local jurisdiction. mayor vincent gray friday moved to curb some of the anger over the high fines and complaints the city is just raising revenue. he said beginning monday he'll lower some of the fines for speeding but raise others. >> i thi that this is a very responsible thing to do and obviously it's connected to public safety. i have said from the very beginning that this was a public safety issue for me, not an effort to raise additional revenue. >> reporter: and the mayor said he'll use traffic fine revenues to hire 100
ohio is the must-win state. president obama had three appearances in ohio today. mitt romney two. both candidates will be back in ohio before tuesday. >>> today mayor gray announced the district would be lowering fines from those controversial speed cameras. beginning on monday. the city has had many complaints that the tickets and high fines bring in millions of dollars. tom sherwood reports now, some say the new fines don't go low enou. >> reporter: d.c. has dozens of speed...
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today they were back on the trail in some key swing states. fox's doug mckelway reports. >> mellow, -- hello, wisconsin! >> reporter: both president obama and challenger mitt romney refocus now on campaigning. >> governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly. >> reporter: wisconsinwas once a state considered a lock for obama, but with polls showing a tightening race the president's appearance in green bay today is telling just how close this election could be. >> i'm really moved by your welcome. >> reporter: mitt romney appeared in another key battleground state addressing a crowd of window manufacturers in virginia. the former massachusetts governor slammed the president on private sector job creation while continuing to grow the federal government. >> he's been talking about how he's going to save big bird and then playing silly word games with my last name or first and then attacking me day in, day out. attacking me doesn't get people back to work. >> repo
today they were back on the trail in some key swing states. fox's doug mckelway reports. >> mellow, -- hello, wisconsin! >> reporter: both president obama and challenger mitt romney refocus now on campaigning. >> governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly. >> reporter: wisconsinwas once a state considered a lock for obama, but with polls showing a tightening race the president's...